concept
semantic unit understood in different ways, e.g. as mental representation, ability or abstract object (philosophy)
ellipsis
omission from a clause of one or more words that are nevertheless understood in the context of the remaining elements
anthropocentrism
position that human beings are the central species, or the assessment of reality through an exclusively human perspective
alter ego
Latin phrase; alternate self
zeitgeist
intellectual fashion or dominant school of thought that typifies and influences the culture of a particular period in time
inheritance
concept in object-oriented programming
women's rights
rights claimed for women and girls worldwide
compact city
concept in urban planning and urban design
supply pyramid
structure of the supplier up to the producer
physical state
describes the current properties of a physical system
inevitability
term of safety technology
duality
a term from the German youth welfare law
monetary cost
value of money that has been used up to produce something
major regional center
concept
new public management
the act of making public administration like a private organisation
Electra complex
generally defined as the girls's desire to possess the father and to compete with her mother for the possession of her parent
sewage fungus
slang term for a community of diverse bacteria
partition of a set
mathematical ways to group elements of a set
agricultural colonisation
cultivation of previously unused agricultural areas
activation level
general nervous excitatory states of the organism
collective intelligence
group intelligence that emerges from collective efforts
market capitalization
total value of a public company's outstanding shares
structure
concept in sociology
colorimetric whiteness
degree to which a surface is white
Public Ivy
eight public academic institutions identified by Richard Moll as comparable to the eight Ivy League schools
green economy
economy based on ecological economics
media transparency
Aspect of journalism
ultimate fate of the universe
topic in physical cosmology
medical finding
collective physical and psychological occurrences of patients surveyed by a medical doctor or health professional
organizational unit
collective term for by grouping and assignment of (sub-) tasks to personal duty holders
standing
legal concept concerning a party's connection to or harm from a law or action being challenged
Revolution in Military Affairs
the recent rapid development of military technology and its corresponding impact on warfare
fourth wall
concept in performing arts separating performers from the audience
nuclear-weapon-free zone
zone defined by international treaty in which nuclear weapons are prohibited
Aura
Walter Benjamin concept
harmony
pleasing or peaceful combination of elements in a whole
Li
[禮/礼] classical Chinese word which finds its most extensive use in Confucian and post-Confucian Chinese philosophy
capsule hotel
type of hotel developed in Japan that features many small bed-sized rooms
Immaterium
hyperspace in Warhammer 40,000
digital footprint
one's unique set of traceable digital activities
open city
in war, a city in which one side abandons all defensive efforts
blood trail
a smaller or larger amount of blood
sanitation
public health conditions related to clean drinking water and adequate disposal of human excreta and sewage
green wave
continuous traffic flow over several intersections due too coordinated traffic lights
mobile telephony
collective term for the operation of mobile telephone devices
frame
artificial intelligence data structure used to divide knowledge into substructures by representing stereotyped situations
zone of proximal development
difference between what a learner can do without help and what they can do with help
evolutionarily stable strategy
strategy which, if adopted by a population in a given environment, cannot be invaded by any alternative strategy that is initially rare
Recovery time objective
recovery point objective (RPO)
affection
feeling or type of love